Tommy Lee Flowers, Jr. found guilty of all counts
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Guilty of all counts was the verdict for a Lowndes County man standing trial for felony murder.
Attorneys for Tommy Lee Flowers, Jr. presented his side of that case in a Lowndes County courtroom.
Closing arguments began after a recess for lunch.
The jury only took about two hours to come to a verdict.
Flowers faced multiple charges relating to the shooting death of Harvey Montrell Johnson Jr., including directing a youth to commit a felony, possession of a stolen firearm, and shooting into a dwelling.
He also faced charges of aggravated assault.
Circuit Court Judge Jim Kitchens sentenced Flowers to life on the felony murder charge – three 20-year sentences, a 10-year sentence on some of the lesser charges, and a 10-year sentence to run concurrently on the shooting into a dwelling – for a total of life plus 70 years.
